Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Charles W. McKenney, 1924
21 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MC KENNEY, CHARLES W.
(31 Aug 1924, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
CLINTON UNDERTAKER COMMITS SUICIDE
Chas. McKinney (sic), the undertaker at Clinton committed suicide Sunday
afternoon.  Family trouble seemed to be the cause.  He made all
preparations to die, writing several letters then going to his
establishment where he called his partner over telephone to come to store,
after which he laid himself on the slab in the undertaking room where they
prepare bodies for burial, pulled a sheet up over him and took a dose of
carbolic acid, having before placed vaseline on face to keep the carbolic
acid from burning.  When his partner went to the building which was
immediately, Mr. McKinney was dead.
(Census, 1920, Oklahoma, Custer County, Clinton, ED 218, pg 5B, #115/116
(T625-1461):
313 South 9th Street:
C. William McKinney, age 38, b Il; fb Il; mb Wi; Undertaker - furniture
store;
Alberta, wife, age 28, b Tx; fb Ok; mb Ga;
Charles L., son, age 4 yrs 7 months, b Ok;
Angela Mae, age 6 mos, be Ok;
Doris Stevens, age 15, b Mn; fb Mn; mb Ar.
WWI Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918): Oklahoma, Custer County:
Charles William McKenney, 313 South 9th Street, Clinton, Okla; born 5 Jan
1881; occupation: Embalmer - Furniture & Und. Co on Frisco Street,
Clinton, Okla.; Nearest relative: Alberta B. McKenney, same address;
signed 12 Sep 1918.)

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